[Mb-hair] Hoping this message gets through with my latest "wacky"proposal...

[richard haase]

artistically gibson everything youre saying is true qualitatively and
artistically
but
here are the legistical problems
the biltmore in nyc implies defacto a first class production
those rights are currently not on the table
and are in final negotiation with one specific party

the aquarius is an excellent suggestion

the public theater is not pragmatic beacuse as you may or may not know
a production done for a second at the public is currently owned by the
public lock stock and barrel

the other problem with the biltmore which we all love
is they cut down on the seats reducing a theatre that had a capacity of
760ish
to 650ish; very hard to make money with full scale full cast musical in
space that size
once upon a time GODSPELL made hundreds of millions in 200 - 500 seaters
around the world
very hard to do that now

what you need is an unconventional venue with a lot of seats

a large semi abandoned nightclub

i dont know

just offering some observations
also the round about theater company is firmly anchored in biltmore now
one of their homes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gibson Vendettuoli" <johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:09 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hoping this message gets through with my latest
"wacky"proposal...


> Just like my last one about attending the HAIR reunion didn't...
>
> Irregardless, Richard, Jim, and whoever the hell else came up with the
idea of a reunion
> performance of HAIR featuring as many of the first-run Tribers as possible
is excellent. But one
> thing: where's the venue? If you're going to plan HAIR, you need a
historic HAIR venue to give the
> show a little panache to run on advertising-wise, lines like "The House
Where HAIR Was Launched."
>
> Here are a few "historic" options: anything like the Biltmore, the
Aquarius, or -- my personal
> choice -- either of the Public Theater or Joe's Pub parts of the NY
Shakespeare Festival complex
> on Lafayette Street. I choose the very first performance space HAIR
appeared in, because, in my
> mind, the advertising plays well: HAIR literally returns to its roots for
one night only. And
> since Joe's Pub is a more cabaret-type setting, it looks like the Public
Theater would be one's
> best bet, were one to choose it. And to make it even more full-circle, the
opening date of the
> Off-Broadway run was next month. If it's arranged by then, it could be on
the opening night in
> 1967.
>
> Someone pass this to Jim (he and I are not on the best footing); it could
work with the right producer.
>
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